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		<title>By: vvwalzbe</title>
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		<dc:creator>vvwalzbe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very awesome, thanks!!</description>
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		<title>By: Got Enlightenment? &#171; On Common Ground</title>
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		<dc:creator>Got Enlightenment? &#171; On Common Ground</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] February 13, 2009 by Roldan Smith    Written by Roldan Smith in response to a post a friend&#8217;s post, &#8220;How to Make Yourself Unenlightened&#8220; [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Psiplex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Psiplex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is so much to just &#039;being&#039;. The universe seems to align and walk arm in arm when we are truly ourselves. Thank you for the post!

One Love

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Psiplexs last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://psiplex.blogspot.com/2009/02/pinc-bubble.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PinC Bubble&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is so much to just &#8216;being&#8217;. The universe seems to align and walk arm in arm when we are truly ourselves. Thank you for the post!</p>
<p>One Love</p>
<p><abbr><em>Psiplexs last blog post..<a href="http://psiplex.blogspot.com/2009/02/pinc-bubble.html">PinC Bubble</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Chris Edgar &#124; Purpose Power Coaching</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Edgar &#124; Purpose Power Coaching</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for this post.  I definitely find that when I have an experience of opening, starting to wonder &quot;what caused this experience?&quot; or &quot;what exactly is happening?&quot; or &quot;how do I do it again?&quot; will immediately pull me out of it.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris Edgar &#124; Purpose Power Coachings last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.purposepowercoaching.com/site/?p=222&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Inner Productivity, Part Four: Some Exercises For Self-Listening&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for this post.  I definitely find that when I have an experience of opening, starting to wonder &#8220;what caused this experience?&#8221; or &#8220;what exactly is happening?&#8221; or &#8220;how do I do it again?&#8221; will immediately pull me out of it.</p>
<p><abbr><em>Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coachings last blog post..<a href="http://www.purposepowercoaching.com/site/?p=222">Inner Productivity, Part Four: Some Exercises For Self-Listening</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: On Common Ground</title>
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		<dc:creator>On Common Ground</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Namaste, Ariel.  You are doing well though.  Keep exploring.  Just remember, the pendulum swings both ways until is settles in the middle... quietly, happily, peacefully in the middle.  Keep going.  =)

Oh, btw... aside from a few typos in my response up there, I want to correct the statement,  

&quot;One can not create WITHOUT actively being in co-ntrol… with Source.&quot; ... 

Slight difference in meaning.  That&#039;s all.  Thanks!

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;On Common Grounds last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://on-common-ground.com/2009/02/06/the-transparent-unkown/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Transparent Unkown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Namaste, Ariel.  You are doing well though.  Keep exploring.  Just remember, the pendulum swings both ways until is settles in the middle&#8230; quietly, happily, peacefully in the middle.  Keep going.  =)</p>
<p>Oh, btw&#8230; aside from a few typos in my response up there, I want to correct the statement,  </p>
<p>&#8220;One can not create WITHOUT actively being in co-ntrol… with Source.&#8221; &#8230; </p>
<p>Slight difference in meaning.  That&#8217;s all.  Thanks!</p>
<p><abbr><em>On Common Grounds last blog post..<a href="http://on-common-ground.com/2009/02/06/the-transparent-unkown/">The Transparent Unkown</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fantastic Roldan! So awesome.

Your point about there not truly being any experience gained or lost is so true. It&#039;s about what is ALWAYS here, no matter what. That&#039;s sooooo key. Thank you very much for that reminder and bringing it back to my attention.

:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fantastic Roldan! So awesome.</p>
<p>Your point about there not truly being any experience gained or lost is so true. It&#8217;s about what is ALWAYS here, no matter what. That&#8217;s sooooo key. Thank you very much for that reminder and bringing it back to my attention.</p>
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		<title>By: On Common Ground</title>
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		<dc:creator>On Common Ground</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let go of the experience of what you perceive to be as an &quot;enlightened&quot; state and you will realize that &quot;enlightenment&quot; or even &quot;being awake&quot; is not an experience that you can either gain or lose.  It is already your perfect and whole state of being that is within you.  You can create, maintain or acheive soemthing that already IS. Your AWARENESS of what IS is regained through the work/practice that you are doing.  But there is not going TO or come FROM the awakened or enlightened state. 

The false self (ego), which is very, very real to most walking on this planet at present, always wants to attach to this eperience and claim it as something that needs to be labeled. I.E...

&quot;I am enlightened.&quot;
&quot;I am not enlightened.&quot;
&quot;I am spiritual.&quot;
&quot;I am not as spiritual as...&quot;
&quot;I am human.&quot; 
&quot;I am spirit in human form.&quot;
&quot;I am nothing.&quot;  
&quot;I am everything.&quot;

Many active seekers in the realm of self-knowing and understanding use all or some of those statements to describe the state of being/living within an &quot;awakened&quot; state at some point in their self-realization process.  However, the &quot;danger&quot; here, like in all areas of life, is to ATTACH too much if ANY logical or tangeble meaning to even these concepts. They are just words to try to describe a state that is near impossible to describe to someone who has not seen it within themselves just quite yet.  Trying to attach meaning, explanation, logic, or any of the like to them is akin trying to tie a string around air.  Go ahead... try it.  :clapping 

You&#039;re right... let go and let it flow. But you DO have more control than you might be aware of right now... through that letting go. One can not create with actively being in co-ntrol... with Source. This is essential to the element of choice when it comes to the &quot;waking up&quot; process or choosing to remain asleep/unconscious (not our natural state of being).  

And letting go easy for many well-seasoned practioners, or the simply gifted sage, in the quiet space of a meditation room, in the woods, or on a rock somewhere.  But do it in the middle of your everyday life... in traffic, in the office, in the grocery store, at the gym, with your friends and family, etc... and you will find that &quot;being awake&quot; or as you put it &quot;staying enlightened&quot; has nothing to do with the action of coming or going.  

It is pure presence, absolute joy and acceptance, fun and truly interesting.  It is LIFE being fully expressed. It is where one realizes and operates from the understanding than &quot;THE ILLUSION&quot; is only anything that is opposite of Love, Compassion and Creative expression.  This is the space where God resides in the very, very REAL and physical world, or a time being, through and expressedly THROUGH you (also God) for no other purpose than to Live, Love, Learn and Expand.


for what it is worth...,

 :grouphug 

Roldan

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;On Common Grounds last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://on-common-ground.com/2009/02/06/the-transparent-unkown/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Transparent Unkown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let go of the experience of what you perceive to be as an &#8220;enlightened&#8221; state and you will realize that &#8220;enlightenment&#8221; or even &#8220;being awake&#8221; is not an experience that you can either gain or lose.  It is already your perfect and whole state of being that is within you.  You can create, maintain or acheive soemthing that already IS. Your AWARENESS of what IS is regained through the work/practice that you are doing.  But there is not going TO or come FROM the awakened or enlightened state. </p>
<p>The false self (ego), which is very, very real to most walking on this planet at present, always wants to attach to this eperience and claim it as something that needs to be labeled. I.E&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am enlightened.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I am not enlightened.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I am spiritual.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I am not as spiritual as&#8230;&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I am human.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I am spirit in human form.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I am nothing.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I am everything.&#8221;</p>
<p>Many active seekers in the realm of self-knowing and understanding use all or some of those statements to describe the state of being/living within an &#8220;awakened&#8221; state at some point in their self-realization process.  However, the &#8220;danger&#8221; here, like in all areas of life, is to ATTACH too much if ANY logical or tangeble meaning to even these concepts. They are just words to try to describe a state that is near impossible to describe to someone who has not seen it within themselves just quite yet.  Trying to attach meaning, explanation, logic, or any of the like to them is akin trying to tie a string around air.  Go ahead&#8230; try it.  <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/clapping.gif' alt=':clapping' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>You&#8217;re right&#8230; let go and let it flow. But you DO have more control than you might be aware of right now&#8230; through that letting go. One can not create with actively being in co-ntrol&#8230; with Source. This is essential to the element of choice when it comes to the &#8220;waking up&#8221; process or choosing to remain asleep/unconscious (not our natural state of being).  </p>
<p>And letting go easy for many well-seasoned practioners, or the simply gifted sage, in the quiet space of a meditation room, in the woods, or on a rock somewhere.  But do it in the middle of your everyday life&#8230; in traffic, in the office, in the grocery store, at the gym, with your friends and family, etc&#8230; and you will find that &#8220;being awake&#8221; or as you put it &#8220;staying enlightened&#8221; has nothing to do with the action of coming or going.  </p>
<p>It is pure presence, absolute joy and acceptance, fun and truly interesting.  It is LIFE being fully expressed. It is where one realizes and operates from the understanding than &#8220;THE ILLUSION&#8221; is only anything that is opposite of Love, Compassion and Creative expression.  This is the space where God resides in the very, very REAL and physical world, or a time being, through and expressedly THROUGH you (also God) for no other purpose than to Live, Love, Learn and Expand.</p>
<p>for what it is worth&#8230;,</p>
<p> <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/grouphug.gif' alt=':grouphug' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Roldan</p>
<p><abbr><em>On Common Grounds last blog post..<a href="http://on-common-ground.com/2009/02/06/the-transparent-unkown/">The Transparent Unkown</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: ~ Julie</title>
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		<dc:creator>~ Julie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ariel,

Great words once again!  I &#039;think&#039; perhaps you are inspired to write and will do so from the awakened state more and more as you continue to do as you&#039;ve described above and let it flow through you and release any attempt to control the direction of the writing.  

I have found this with singing.  I talk as little as possible when I am in the state, and write very little as well (words just seem too trivial to convey what I am experiencing), but I can sing and stay there for ages and the singing moves me, and I know it comes from beyond me.  It doesn&#039;t create an ego reaction which says &#039;I&#039;m a great singer&#039;.  I feel blessed to have an opportunity to feel my own divinity flowing through me as song. 

That is how I view your writing (it&#039;s my view and I like it!). 
Either you are incredibly adept at identifying these aspects of the awakening experience, or you are experiencing them in a way that makes it so clear for you.  I read your words and they fit my experience, however, mine has been so subtle and gentle, and yet still very profound, that I would not be able to write about it in the way that you have.  It is your gift, to yourself and to the world!
You are truly Loved and truly blessed!
~ Julie</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ariel,</p>
<p>Great words once again!  I &#8216;think&#8217; perhaps you are inspired to write and will do so from the awakened state more and more as you continue to do as you&#8217;ve described above and let it flow through you and release any attempt to control the direction of the writing.  </p>
<p>I have found this with singing.  I talk as little as possible when I am in the state, and write very little as well (words just seem too trivial to convey what I am experiencing), but I can sing and stay there for ages and the singing moves me, and I know it comes from beyond me.  It doesn&#8217;t create an ego reaction which says &#8216;I&#8217;m a great singer&#8217;.  I feel blessed to have an opportunity to feel my own divinity flowing through me as song. </p>
<p>That is how I view your writing (it&#8217;s my view and I like it!).<br />
Either you are incredibly adept at identifying these aspects of the awakening experience, or you are experiencing them in a way that makes it so clear for you.  I read your words and they fit my experience, however, mine has been so subtle and gentle, and yet still very profound, that I would not be able to write about it in the way that you have.  It is your gift, to yourself and to the world!<br />
You are truly Loved and truly blessed!<br />
~ Julie</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>haha, great point! You&#039;re so on the money about addictions and discipline, adidacausal! Thank you! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>haha, great point! You&#8217;re so on the money about addictions and discipline, adidacausal! Thank you! <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: adidacausal</title>
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		<dc:creator>adidacausal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would add the question &quot;am I an addict&quot; to this list, you may feel yourself to be an advanced being but if you live an undisciplined life, there may be little else, but BS going on. Discipline takes it passed mind only, so to speak into &quot;reality&quot; with a small &quot;r&quot;, it does require what is traditionally called sadhana or practice, thinking and wishing it, don&#039;t cut it in the end, feel free to disagree ! Good read by the way :D

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;adidacausals last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://adidacausal.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-vital-center-vital-shock/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Vital Center &amp; Vital Shock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would add the question &#8220;am I an addict&#8221; to this list, you may feel yourself to be an advanced being but if you live an undisciplined life, there may be little else, but BS going on. Discipline takes it passed mind only, so to speak into &#8220;reality&#8221; with a small &#8220;r&#8221;, it does require what is traditionally called sadhana or practice, thinking and wishing it, don&#8217;t cut it in the end, feel free to disagree ! Good read by the way <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><abbr><em>adidacausals last blog post..<a href="http://adidacausal.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-vital-center-vital-shock/" rel="nofollow">The Vital Center &amp; Vital Shock</a></em></abbr></p>
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